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American hacker and computer security consultant who spent five years in prison for a variety of computerrelated crimes in the 1990s. Kevin mitnick wiki, height, age, net worth, family 2020. The arrest of kevin mitnick ken lindup on the morning of friday february 17th the news broke that kevin mitnick had been arrested by the fbi. Jari tomminen kevin mitnick knows all the ways your privacy could be violated through. Aug 29, 2011 10 questions for kevin mitnick once the worlds most wanted hacker, kevin mitnick still cracks computer networksbut now he gets permission by belinda luscombe monday, aug. The worlds most wanted hacker, kevin mitnick, has gone. At the time of his arrest, he was the mostwanted computer criminal in the united states. One such criminal was kevin mitnick, the first hacker to make the most wanted list of the u. He later became the head of the security firm mitnick security consulting and served as an advisory board member at zimperium.
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